BE AWARE: YOUR FLUORIDE IS FROM CHINA & CONTAINS HEAVY METALS

You better believe it: According to a recent report by Mike Adams from Natural News, the US’ fluoride additives are all imported from China and are contaminated with heavy metals!

“The sodium fluoride added to US water supplies is contaminated with the toxic elements lead, tungsten and aluminum,” stated the announcement from Natural News. “Strontium and uranium were also found in substantial quantities in some samples, raising additional questions about the purity of industrial fluoride used for water fluoridation.”

Adams first began by testing the samples of sodium fluoride obtained from all six Chinese suppliers used by American municipalities and then obtained the following results:........................

Former health minister slams decision by new Dept. Health Minister to restart water fluoridation; 'Why force people to take medication?'

Yaakov Litzman

Hadas Parush/Flash 90

Israel's new Deputy Heath Minister Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) looks set to reintroduce fluoride into Israeli tap water, just a year after his predecessor removed it from the water system.
The decision was made during a meeting of health experts at Litzman's request, according to Army Radio.
Litzman's office said in response the move was an important step in improving dental health in Israel.
Fluoridation of tap water is indeed a relatively common practice in many other countries; introducing small amounts of fluoride into the water system has been proven by some studies to help prevent tooth decay and improve the public's overall dental health.
However, former Health Minister Yael German (Yesh Atid) - who took the decision to end the practice in Israel last year after some health experts noted other, negative effects of flouride ingestion - slammed the move.

"Why must we force people to take medication against their will?" German asked during an interview with Army Radio on Sunday.

German challenged that consumers receive "100% of the (necessary) fluoride" from pure tap water anyway.

"I advise Litzman [to deal with] the many serious problems in the healthcare system. Instead of pulling it back, he should deal with the real problems."

(The haredi UTJ party does not take ministerial positions as a matter of principle, instead assuming "Deputy Minister" status over ministries they control without appointing an actual minister - meaning that in practice deputy ministers such as Litzman are ministers in all but name.)

GUWAHATI, May 29 – It is good news. Fluorosis in a number of children is being cured by a group of social activists with the use of safe drinking water and low-cost micronutrients, spending only around Rs 2 per head per day, in a remote area of the State. Significantly, Government healthcare facilities have remained mostly inaccessible for these people.
Around 2000 miserable people of this area, called Tapatjuri in Nagaon district, are the victims of fluorosis and of them, around 400 are children.
They became victim of this dreaded disease following protracted consumption of the groundwater supplied by the State’s Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), which contained excessive amount of fluorides.
The fluorosed people of Tapatjuri live in three villages – Tapatjuri, Nizparakhowa and Dikharumukh. But due to the intervention of a group of social workers led by Dharani Saikia, with the active support of former PHED Chief Engineer AB Paul, present officials of the State PHED and renowned neurosurgeon Dr Raja Reddy of the Hyderabad Apollo Hospital, the two NGOs – Gujarat Anand-based INREM Foundation and Bangalore-based Arghyam, things started undergoing a change for the better in Tapatjuri.
It needs mention here that the volunteers of the INREM Foundation worked among the fluorosed people of Jabua, Madhya Pradesh for about two years and found that fluorosis among the children could be cured by regularly supplying them safe drinking water and easily available low-cost micronutrients. They cured several of the Jabua children of skeletal fluorosis. Their method was also successful in arresting the progress of skeletal fluorosis among the aged people there..............

Thur, May 28, 2015
Subject; Fluoride Poison Causes ADHD
www.MorningLiberty.com
US Government Admits Americans Have Been Overdosed on Fluoride
http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/us-government-admits-americans-have-been-overdosed-on-fluoride/#sthash.G9fHlfSb.dpuf
Water Fluoridation Linked to Higher ADHD Rates
Could this article also be written just to draw our attention away from recently raised publicity about vaccinations causing same type of ailments?
The study, published in the journal Environmental Health, found that states with a higher portion of artificially fluoridated water had a higher prevalence of ADHD. This relationship held up across six different years examined. The authors, psychologists Christine Till and Ashley Malin at Toronto’s York University, looked at the prevalence of fluoridation by state in 1992 and rates of ADHD diagnoses in subsequent years.
“States in which a greater proportion of people received artificially-fluoridated water in 1992 tended to have a greater proportion of children and adolescents who received ADHD diagnoses , after controlling for socioeconomic status,” Malin says. Wealth is important to take into account because the poor are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD, she says. After income was adjusted for, though, the link held up.
Take Delaware and Iowa, for instance. Both states have relatively low poverty rates but are heavily fluoridated; they also have high levels of ADHD, with more than one in eight kids (or 14 percent) between the ages of four and 17 diagnosed.
In the study, the scientists produced a predictive model which calculated that every one percent increase in the portion of the U.S. population drinking fluoridated water in 1992 was associated with 67,000 additional cases of ADHD 11 years later, and an additional 131,000 cases by 2011, after controlling for socioeconomic status.
“The results are plausible, and indeed meaningful,” says Dr. Philippe Grandjean, a physician and epidemiologist at Harvard University. This and other recent studies suggest that we should “reconsider the need to add fluoride to drinking water at current levels,” he adds.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

There have been questions about how much fluoride to add to drinking water as rinses, toothpaste and other sources of the chemical have become routine. (Photo: Mike Mozart)

Health officials are urging less cavity-fighting fluoride in city water, in line with new federal recommendations. The advisory body of the city’s Public Health Department, which has authority to order the change, put off a vote Wednesday because only one voting member showed up, not enough for a decision.

Claude Alix-Jacob, chief public health officer, said the recommendation will be reintroduced at a meeting next month of the public health subcommittee of the Cambridge Health Alliance. The subcommittee advises the Public Health Department.

The issue of fluoridation, undebated in Cambridge since the 1970s, arose after anti-fluoridation activists persuaded city councillor Nadeem Mazen to ask for a review of the policy last July. In early February, the Public Health Department sponsored a contentious but peaceful public forum at which several people in the audience challenged the pro-fluoridation panel of experts. Then health officials were to come up with a recommendation..............

Hats off to Tom Lankering for the letter regarding dumping this stuff into our water supply (“Stop water fluoridation,” Letters to the editor, The Aspen Times, May 2).

We need to learn the type of fluoride added. Let’s have one of the bags (of fluoride added to the water) tested. I think you will find that 90 percent of the fluoride added to our water comes from extremely toxic waste (silicofluoride) from China — it says “Made in China” on the bags.

Aluminum and fertilizer factories are heavy polluters. They attempt to recover many of the contaminants that would otherwise escape through their smokestacks with devices called scrubbers. This highly toxic junk collected from the scrubbers would cost corporations about $9,000 a truckload to properly dispose of (almost 100 million per year).

Besides fluoride, this poisonous soup contains lead, cadmium, mercury, radium, arsenic and other contaminants. So instead of paying to dispose of this material in a toxic dump site, the aluminum and fertilizer industries (in China) actually get paid for it. Cities throughout the country buy this witches’ brew, which contains less than 18 percent total fluoride, add it to their water supplies and claim they are performing a public service — it is actually a corporate service.

The Food and Drug Administration calls it an “unapproved drug.” If it is unapproved, how can they allow it in our water?

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

FAN newsletter

Waterford,
Ireland--The Waterford
City and County Council in Ireland, representing over 113,000 residents, has
passed a resolution calling for an end to fluoridation in Ireland. Waterford is
the 13th Council since the beginning of 2014--collectively representing over 2.5
million Irish citizens--to formally adopt this resolution.

Palatka,
Florida--City Commissioners
in Palatka, Florida (pop. 10,500) voted unanimously to reject a
fluoridation proposal despite intense lobbying by radical pro-fluoride advocate
Johnny Johnson. The city discontinued water fluoridation in 2011 at the Water
Plant Superintendent's request, as he said the chemical was corrosive and
continuously broke down water plant equipment.

Sullivan,
Missouri—In March the Missouri Department of Health offered Sullivan City
Councilors up to $25,000 to fund their fluoridation program for 2015, but the
council turned it down and instead rejected the practice altogether. Councilors
voted last week to end fluoridation after adding fluoride to the water supply
for over 20 years. Mayor Dennis Watz called for the removal of fluoride after
researching the issue and finding recent studies showing potential harms and a
lack of effectiveness. A local doctor as well as the Water and Sewer
Commissioner also opposed fluoridation.

East Brunswick Fluoridation
Debate
If you’re reading this then you most
likely oppose fluoridation, and if you oppose fluoridation then sooner or later
you’re bound to find yourself debating the issue with friends, family,
colleagues, and local government officials. If you want to be prepared the next
time a discussion on fluoridation ensues, you’ll want to watch and study this
new professionally shot video of a recent fluoridation debate in New
Jersey.
The debate features FAN's Director and
environmental chemist, Paul Connett, PhD debating periodontist and former
President of the New Jersey Dental Association, Richard Kahn, DDS on the safety,
ethics, and effectiveness of fluoridation. The video also features legal expert
David Lonsky, Esq, who reviews the legal issues stemming from the practice.

After you’re done watching the debate,
please share it with your local councilors, water plant employees, and state
legislators. Consider this debate video a very powerful tool in educating local
decision-makers about fluoridation, offering them both the scientific case
against the practice as well as the rebuttals to claims made by proponents. In
fact, you should consider sharing this with officials as one of the first steps
to take when initiating a local campaign. Local officials will be more likely
to reject fluoridation if they’ve already heard the often-repeated
pro-fluoridation talking points debunked prior to holding any hearings.

So please don’t hesitate. Email the link
for this debate to your local and state officials today!Government Officials Notified About
Fluoridation Failure
The Institute of Medicine and the
National Academy of Science have failed the public in the performance of their
duties regarding the ongoing poisoning of public water supplies with fluoride.
This neurotoxin is dumped into our drinking water in hazardous industrial waste
batches that include hydrofluorosilicic acid, sodium fluorosilicate, sodium
fluoride and a host of contaminants that include aluminum, barium, lead and
more.
Consequently, on April 27th,
U.S. IOM/NAS leadership and Food and Nutrition board members were served with a
formal notification regarding their failure to perform their duties. The letter
was signed by environmental advocate Erin Brockovich; Daniel A. Eyink, M.D.; the
American Academy of Environmental Medicine; Jean Nordin-Evans, DDS; David P.
Mathews, JD; and Stephanie Seneff, PhD.

You can also download last month’s
teleconference featuring a discussion on the new “optimal fluoride level”
recommended by the US Department of Health and Human Services. FAN’s own Paul
Connett, PhD (Director), Ellen Connett (Manager), and Stuart
Cooper (Campaign Manager) explained the history of the recommended
“optimal level,” the final assessment, what was missing from the report, major
questions raised, and how we can use this in our local and statewide campaigns:

Britain has become "internationally renowned" for having "really lousy" teeth, according to TV doctor Chris van Tulleken, with people not caring enough about staining and decay. Is this label fair?
Having bad teeth is one of the stock American jokes about British people. In the world of film, spoof super-spy Austin Powers cavorts around London as a would-be sex symbol, not realising that his discoloured, crooked grin is being mocked.
In one episode of the Simpsons, a dentist scares a young patient into better oral hygiene by exposing him to a horrific publication called The Big Book of British Smiles. It features mocked-up pictures of gappy, unaligned teeth belonging, among others, to Buckingham Palace guards, the Prince of Wales and Sherlock Holmes.
Chris van Tulleken, a British doctor and TV presenter, has joined the criticism by telling Radio Times magazine that British dental standards are globally infamous and having "brown, foul teeth doesn't really bother us".
But are British mouths really in such a state and is there such a lack of vanity?....................

"In the past 50 years, the sugar and acid content of what we consume has increased dramatically, and we can see that impact on the nation’s teeth," Dr van Tulleken said.

"In the UK we’re OK with brown, foul teeth, it doesn’t really bother us, while in America it’s very socially unacceptable. And that means we tolerate much higher levels of decay."

His comments, made in the Radio Times, come amid a debate overwhether there should be a tax on sugary food and drinks. Dentists say that alongside fuelling obesity the prevalence of products high in sugar meant tooth decay was the foremost cause of hospital admissions among children.

People with good teeth tend to be more successful, Dr van Tulleken said

Dr van Tulleken argued that the issue of tooth decay could also be addressed by greater social pressures and attention on oral hygiene.

He said the findings from a two-part documentary to be broadcast showed "how little doctors know about a part of the body that massively affects overall health".

"Even if you brush your teeth correctly for two minutes twice a day, you will not be able to fully reverse the effects of a bad diet."

He advised against brushing within an hour of eating as it removes too much enamel and said it was better to avoid rinsing with water at all, to allow fluoride to remain in the mouth longer.

Because the mouth is acidic for roughly 40 minutes after eating, snacking was to be avoided. The best snacks would be fibrous vegetables such as cucumber, celery and carrots, which act as "Mother Nature’s mouthwash".

Peppermint tea should be preferred to red berry fruit tea, which is very high in acid, and fizzy lemon drinks avoided as they have "the same acidity levels as stomach acid".

Parents should use a two-minute timer when children brush their teeth and be taught to brush every surface, especially the back teeth as these are often missed.

Feeling tired all the time? Cold intolerant? Depressed? Constipated? Losing your hair? Do you gain weight easily, or have muscle or joint pain, or are you forgetful and unable to concentrate? These are some of the major symptoms of hypothyroidism, a condition in which your thyroid gland is not producing enough thyroid hormone or not enough hormone is getting into your cells to do its job.

If hypothyroidism is a problem for you, you may be surprised to learn that fluoride, which is dumped by the ton into much of our public water, was once used as a medication for deliberately suppressing thyroid function in cases of overactive thyroid.

Why are we dumping a thyroid-suppressing drug into our public water? Good question!.............................

The article on dental health which appeared on April 21, submitted by the Alberta Dental Association and College (ADA) was misleading on the matters of safety and effectiveness of water fluoridation (“Use fluoride to prevent cavities”).

Science is not a popularity contest, but the number of supporting organizations has diminished in recent years and there are the many unmentioned organizations that oppose fluoridation.

The high prevalence of cavities in Canada and the United States exists in areas with fluoridation as well as those without. And often it is higher where the water is fluoridated — for example higher in Ontario than in Quebec and British Columbia. According to Statistics Canada, in 2010 there were no substantial differences in prevalences between Quebec (6.4 per cent fluoridated) and Ontario (76 per cent).

There has been no credible published study showing that fluoridation is safe. In fact, many competently done studies have revealed adverse effects to be associated with fluoridation. Some of these effects are more certainly due to fluoride exposure than others. The more certain ones include hypothyroidism, early onset of menstruation, dental fluorosis, hip fracture and depressed cognitive functions in children. Two convincing reports have appeared this year on associations of fluoridation with hypothyroidism and with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Perhaps because fluoridation has been assumed to be safe and effective for so long, very little research on these questions has been done in countries where fluoridation is extensive even though effects have been identified and little or no evidence of effectiveness exists. In fact, few nations have fluoridation. European nations stopped it in the 1970s for three reasons, according to statements obtained from officials in those countries. The reasons were that it is not ethical, not safe and not effective. In Canada and the United States there have been steady declines in the numbers of fluoridated cities and towns.

The Health Canada has admitted that it can’t find the research to justify its promotion of fluoridation.

The CDA neglects to mention that hydrofluorosilicic acid, which is used to introduce fluoride ion into the body, is a drug as applied in fluoridation, and it is not approved for such use. Also unmentioned is that fluoride is not a nutrient for humans, as often claimed by promoters. It is administered without consent of the people dosed and without control of dose and even without knowledge of its being administered.

Other measures such as good diet, accessible dental care and brushing and flossing, in contrast to fluoridation, are known to be effective.

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Rally for Ending Water Fluoridation in Toronto

I don't believe the statement that sugar is not responsible for rotten teeth it maybe that the mutans the real cause of decay thrive on the sugar. Why was it before sugar became available in the UK in Tudor times teeth were healthy? Hundreds of skulls from that period were examined and found a dramatic increase in caries. There is a video clip I put on before that covers this taken from a TV programme.

Almost 13,000 chemicals are used in cosmetics, and only about 10 percent have been evaluated for safety. Although the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to regulate harmful ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products, they don't often exercise it…

How Many Chemicals Does Your Beauty Routine Expose You To?

The average US woman uses 12 personal care products and/or cosmetics a day, containing 168 different chemicals, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG). While most men use fewer products, they're still exposed to about 85 such chemicals daily, while teens, who use an average of 17 personal care products a day, are exposed to even more.3

Clearly, such chemical exposures are not insignificant, especially when they occur virtually daily for a lifetime. When EWG tested teens to find out which chemicals in personal care products were found in their bodies, 16 different hormone-altering chemicals, including parabens and phthalates, were detected.4

There are other chemicals risks as well. For instance, in 2000 the EWG released a study showing that 37 nail polishes from 22 companies contained dibutyl phthalate (DBP). DBP is known to cause lifelong reproductive impairments in male rats, and has been shown to damage the testes, prostate gland, epididymus, penis, and seminal vesicles in animals.

It's used in nail polish because it increases flexibility and shine, but research by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that all 289 people tested had DBP in their bodies.5 Worse still, this chemical, which is linked to birth defects in animals, was found at the highest levels in women of childbearing age.

Saturday, May 23, 2015

They don't give up

Following the
retirement of Barry Cockcroft in February of this year, NHS
England has announced that
his successor will be Sara Hurley BDS(UBrist) MFGDP(UK) MSc(UCL) MA(KCL). Sara
will serve as principal dental adviser and the professional head of dental staff
in England. Sara will act as a senior member of the Medical Directorate, and
work collaboratively to improve outcomes for patients, and champion the role of
dentists and dentistry within the health system.

The Rt Hon Alistair Burt
MP has been given
responsibility for primary care at the Department of Health. This
incorporates dentistry and ophthalmic responsibilities and includes
GP contract reform, Out of Hours reform, pharmacy and primary care commissioning
policy. He entered Parliament for the first time in 1983 (as MP for Bury North
until 1997) and is now the Conservative MP for north east
Bedfordshire.

Alistair also
has responsibility for older people, adult social care, mental health and
physical and learning disabilities. He is an experienced parliamentarian having
been minister at the Department of Social Security from 1992 to 1997 and a
Foreign Office minister in the Coalition Government.

He is not the
only minister with responsibilities covering dentistry:

Jane Ellison MP returns to
her role as parliamentary under-secretary of state for Public Health,
which includes health improvement and preventive measures and makes
fluoridation her responsibility.

Ben Gummer MP, the newly appointed minister for care quality will
focus mainly on hospitals, but also has patient experience and safety in his
portfolio. As such he looks into complaints and the
ombudsman.

The (soon to
be Lord) David
Prior from the CQC will speak
on Health matters in the House of Lords and is minister for ‘NHS productivity’.
His brief includes NHS England, economic regulation, NHS and DH finance and
efficiency in the healthcare system, all of which will impact on NHS
dentistry.

A change in federal health recommendations has spurred Snowmass Village to revisit the age-old debate of whether to continue putting fluoride in its drinking water.

The federal government last month lowered the amount of fluoride it recommends adding to drinking water to 0.7 milligrams per liter because some children in the country are getting too much, according to The Associated Press. Aspen and Snowmass already follow that standard, but the news has prompted the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District to reconsider the practice, which has produced strong support and opposition nationwide in its more than 50 years of widespread use.

Health professionals on both sides of the issue made their case at the district’s board meeting Wednesday. The board also consulted Glenwood Springs-based engineering company SGM to prepare an objective report on the most current research on the subject. Fluoridated drinking water has been said to decrease tooth decay and cavities, but ingesting too much has proven negative health consequences, and more research needs to be done on other potential health impacts, according to the SGM report.

Tom Lankering, an Aspen chiropractor, pointed out that technicians adding fluoride to tanks have to wear hazmat suits.

“That should be enough to make you say, ‘Why? So what’s going with that?’” Lankering said.

Dental-health professionals present were adamantly in favor of the practice, though. Kelly Keeffe, a clinical dental hygienist who also works for the Aspen to Parachute Dental Health Alliances, said students in Basalt have more than 33 percent more dental caries, a term for cavities, than schoolchildren in Aspen, Snowmass and Glenwood Springs, where water is fluoridated.

“Dental caries is a disease,” Keith said. “It is the most chronic disease of childhood, and it is preventable, and one of the two science-based ways of preventing caries … is community water fluoridation.”

Board member Dave Dawson said he understood the dental-health benefits but remained concerned about long-term risks to other aspects of health. His colleague, Tim Belinski, suggested that the board digest the information and make a decision at its next meeting.

“It’s important to understand the facts,” Belinski said. “I think it’s great that the district is interested in evaluating this at all.”

The city of Aspen may soon discuss the issue, too. It also adds 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water, a direction the City Council gave in 2012, said Public Works Director Scott Miller.

“We see that as the current direction,” Miller said. “We have talked internally about going back to council, and we probably will sometime in the near future because we do it, it seems like ... about every four or five years, just check in and (say), ‘What do you want to do?’”

“We’ll probably always get a debate — about half the people for and half the people against,” Miller added.

Snowmass Water and Sanitation Board President Joe Farrell likened the controversy over fluoride to a sports replay.

“I’m the son of a dentist, and I’m the grandson of a dentist and I’m the son-in-law of a dentist,” Farrell said. “We shouldn’t be forcing this on people, but my father is rolling around in his grave that I’m even considering the other side. … After reviewing the replay over and over, I don’t see any conclusive evidence to change what we’re doing right now.”

Fluoridation costs the district about $3,500 annually — a relatively insignificant amount in its budget, District Manager Kit Hamby said. The board plans to return to the discussion at its June 17 meeting.

How to Make Your Own Natural Fluoride-Free Toothpaste

May 23, 2015

Teresa Workman Noble

I have been using natural toothpastes for about 17 years now. Growing up in Ohio I drank fluoridated water most of my life. At that time there really wasn’t a filtering system to take fluoride out of the water supply. Once I learned about the dangers of fluoride I avoided it as best I could. My teeth already had dental fluorosis and I didn’t want it to get any worse. I started using Tom’s of Main which was fluoride free. I used that for a number of years up until I switched to Dr. Bronner's liquid castile soap, a couple of drops on the toothbrush was all I needed. The reason for the switch was because I learned that even non-fluoride toothpastes such as Tom’s contains glycerin which creates a coating on the teeth that won’t rinse away. This prevents the teeth from being able to remineralize thereby weakening the teeth. I still use Dr. Bronner’s sometimes but because the plaque was becoming more of a problem i started making homemade toothpaste which works far better. Here’s what I do…

Friday, May 22, 2015

Excess chemicals can overwhelm the nervous system and the body responds by going into subluxation.

Chemical pain is a result of chemical poisoning, either from a large dose at one time or smaller repeated doses over a prolonged period of time. There are many sources of chemicals in the air, water, and food, many of which are unavoidable, such as unlabelled GMO foods, pesticide run-off in our water supply, and air pollution. In addition, we can also be exposed to chemicals in medications, cleansers, and environmental toxins such as radiation and off-gassing of man-made products (i.e. glues, paints, foam pillows).

Eating food grown organically without the aid of pesticides can help reduce the body’s toxic load. (Shutterstock*)

Some toxins are avoidable and avoiding them can make a huge difference in the overall toxicity of your body. Your “toxic load” is the amount of toxins in your body at any given time. The “toxin morbidity threshold” is how much your body can handle before an organ becomes diseased. The “toxin mortality threshold” is the amount of toxin it takes to kill you. Thresholds vary from person to person depending on how healthy you are—how quickly and completely you can deactivate and expel the toxins and how quickly and completely you can heal from the poisoning.

Reducing Your Toxic Load

To reduce your toxic load, you must lessen your exposure to and ingestion of chemicals or radiation, and improve your body’s ability to neutralize and expel the chemicals. To reduce air pollution, use air filters, add air purifying plants, and avoid airborne allergens if possible (clean your home routinely to get rid of dust mites).

Other causes of chemicals that can leach into us are BPAs in plastics, non-stick cookware, hairsprays, phthalates and parabens in lotions, fluoride in toothpaste (fluoride is a toxin), flame-retardants in pajamas and upholstery, plastics in general, and medications.

Reducing the toxic load also includes neutralising and eliminating toxins from the body. A healthy nervous system is absolutely essential in this task. Excess chemicals can overwhelm the nervous system and the body responds by going into subluxation. At this point, like a blown fuse, nerve impulses shut down to prevent overload to the end organ. Chiropractic adjustments reverse the subluxation to allow for healing of the nerves and body.............................

Palmerston North City Council is now providing a source of fluoride-free water for those residents who want it.

A centrally located tap has been installed which draws off water from the Papaioea Park bore so that water can be collected by residents who prefer not to drink water with fluoride added. The water from this tap is chlorinated.

“We know there are some residents who would like to drink non-fluoridated water and we hope this will give them an option,” Dora Luo, Council’s water asset engineer said. The installation of the tap was adopted in the 2014/15 Annual Plan Dora says.

“At the moment there are one or two issues around access, but we are working on making the whole area more user friendly,” Dora said.

The water will only be available from 6:30am to 9:00pm due to the operational hours of the bore. Water is supplied to this location from other sources in the City on other times.

The tap is installed on the eastern side of the yellow building closest to the Papaioea Park entrance on Featherston Street. It is planned to shift the tap closer to the street frontage as soon as security fencing can be erected. The tap is self-closing to minimise any unnecessary water wastage.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Shoppers in Skegness can trade in their tootbrush next week at an event promoting National Smile Month

Members of Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust’s (LCHS) Oral Health team will be offering a toothbrush amnesty at the Hildreds Shopping Centre on Wednesday, May 27.

Armed with freebies and a wealth of advice and information for the whole family from juniors to seniors the team will be on hand from 10am to 3pm. Visitors will also be able to swap their old toothbrush for a new one, subject to availability.

Gina Hargrave, oral health promoter for LCHS, said: “We believe you can achieve a healthier smile, whatever your age. We hope we can encourage as many of Lincolnshire’s families as possible to come along and see what a difference small changes can make to their oral health. “The popular toothbrush amnesty will also be making a return at two of our events, so make sure you come along and are not among the one in five adults who can’t remember when they last changed their toothbrush.”

According to the British Dental Health Foundation, a quarter of five-year-olds show obvious signs of dental decay, while only a quarter of adults admit to only visiting their dentist when they have a problem. Chief executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, Dr Nigel Carter OBE, said: “I’m delighted that Lincolnshire Community Health Services has joined the thousands of organisations in engaging with National Smile Month. It is a great reflection of local community spirit and an excellent way to promote good oral health.

“By making an event as fun and imaginative as possible, we hope it will inspire more people to join in the fun than ever before while delivering the British Dental Health Foundation’s three key messages for good oral health; brush for two minutes twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste, cut down on how often you have sugary foods and drinks and visit the dentist regularly, as often as they recommend.” Follow LCHS’s Oral Health team on Twitter @Oralhealthsmile for updates from all of the events and useful tips for keeping a healthy smile.